Elementary Resources

Destiny is the new Library Software in all elementary and secondary schools. The elementary training occurred January 3 and 4, 2011. The paper resources provided are available by following the links below.

Pathways

For Lesson Plans, please visit the LKDSB Staff Intranet, click Departments, Programs and then Pathways.

Site Admin/Sysop

Use the OSAPAC website to:

Search the list of Ministry Licensed software,
Access Learning Resources for software contributed by teachers across Ontario
Complete an OSAPAC Survey on Licensed Software or view the priorities resulting from previous surveys.
See the intranet for Manuals for OSAPAC software on our school servers (click Departments > Program > osapac Manuals/Resources).

OERB (Ontario Educational Resource Bank)

http://resources.elearningontario.ca/
This resource, coordinated by the Ministry of Education, contains resources submitted by teachers across Ontario
Contact your Site Admin or Carole Scott to obtain the User id and Password
Once you are in the site, click "Search Resources", and then use the Basic Search (by keyword - this is the default search) or search by Ministry Expectation

LKDSB Software:

StudentLink

StudentLink is available on all Elementary School servers.
It is essentially a collection of links organized by grade and subject area.
Teacher resources, lesson activities submitted by Ontario Teachers are also available on StudentLink.
Home access to the StudentLink website is not possible at this time, however, the links can easily be saved to a USB for home use. Click here to learn how.

What is Web 2.0?

This term refers to the new generation of the internet
The internet is no longer just a source for information
The internet is now Read/Write
Everyone has the ability to publish to the web
Many tools are free on the web!

Click to View - The Machine is Us/ing Us - from Teacher Tube

What are the Web 2.0 technologies? Here are a few:

Blog - This is a website generally maintained by one person. The format of a blog resembles a conversation. Blog settings can allow no audience, only invited individuals or anyone to view the blog. The settings can do the same with rights to post comments or replies to the authors posts (no one, only invited individuals or anyone). Blog topics are many and varied: commentary on a particular subject, news, current events, book reviews, personal diaries, etc., the possibilities are endless
Wiki - This is a collaborative website where settings can allow only invited individuals or anyone, to edit the wiki. View this explanation: What is a Wiki?
Social Networking Sites (Facebook, MySpace)
Instant Messaging (MSN, Google Talk, Twitter)
Podcast - Record audio and/or video clips and post to the internet
Screencast - Capture your computer screen as a video and post to the internet.
Upload Video (YouTube, TeacherTube)
Upload Photos, photo sharing (Flickr)
Bookmarking (del.icio.us, Google Bookmark)
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) - The format used to publish on frequently updated internet sites such as Blogs, Wiki's, Podcasts, News Feeds, etc. An RSS Reader such as Google Reader, allows users to select websites to be monitored. When there is new content on the site, it will be sent to the user's account i.e. a new post on a blog will be sent to the user's RSS Reader account. This is essentially like your newspaper and magazine subscriptions arriving at your home.
Have your favourite websites delivered to you via an account with iGoogle or PageFlake for regular viewing. This provides links to several websites, your favourite websites, all on one page.

Google Apps for Education

Google provides a number of applications at no cost when users create a google account. Google allows the user to determine who has access to each app i.e. read only access to those invited, read only access to everyone in the world, editing access to only those invited, editing access to everyone in the world.

Sites - Google's version of a wiki or website
Documents - a productivity suite including a word process (documents), spreadsheet, presentation (similar to power point), forms (a survey or quiz tool), Drawing Canvas (similar to a whiteboard or smartboard)
Blogger - Google's version of a blog
Calendar
Groups - Google's discussion board
Maps
Books
and much more...

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Page last updated: 04/04/2012

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